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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wiseman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wiseman and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Wiseman:
- 36.234703, -91.815988
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Wiseman
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Izard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Izard County
- Since Wiseman is near Fulton County and also Sharp County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sharp County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Wiseman
Communities Also Named Wiseman ...
We found three communities that are also named Wiseman.
Within Arkansas, the name Wiseman is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Wiseman lies 3,098 miles [4,985.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Wiseman that is located in Izard County.
- Mississippi
- Yalobusha County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Wiseman [Yalobusha County].
- Ohio
- Clark County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Clark County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Wiseman.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wiseman ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Day
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Day is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Heart
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Heart is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heart
- Horseshoe Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jett ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jett is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett
- Love ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Love is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Union is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Violet Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
How Far From Wiseman to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wiseman to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wiseman and extending to:
- Melbourne, which is the Seat of Izard County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wiseman to Melbourne, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 828 miles [1,332.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,618 miles [10,650.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,349 miles [11,827.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,227 miles [8,412 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wiseman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Wiseman could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wiseman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <6> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Wiseman to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wiseman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2347, Longitude: -91.8160 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.00 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.503 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.897 degrees. |
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